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Map: 4.9-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Southern California
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By William B. Davis, Madison Dong, Judson Jones, Bea Malsky and John Keefe
Our team covers hurricanes, floods, dangerous heat and other extreme weather conditions, making maps, charts and other graphics before and during an event. We take data feeds from sources such as the National Weather Service and use computer code and other tools to build data visualizations that are as accurate, as clear and as useful to those affected as possible. Though not weather, we also handle data for earthquakes.
My job includes managing projects, editing stories, collaborating with other Times journalists and writing computer code for some of our data-handling systems.
I became the weather data editor in 2022.
I got my start in data journalism while working in public radio — for almost 16 years, I worked at WNYC, New York’s largest public radio station, where I was the director of news and led a data journalism team. That team made data graphics for a variety of stories and investigations, and built online tools to help New Yorkers track and then recover from hurricanes Irene and Sandy.
I have also worked at CNN, building data graphics for breaking news and climate stories, and at Quartz, where I led teams exploring chatbots and machine learning for journalism. And during a previous stint at The Times, I made graphics about the 2020 election and was part of the data team that tracked the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic.
I grew up in Minneapolis and, as a child, mapped storms from my basement during tornado warnings. I also once wrote to a local TV station asking if I might access their radar feed with a dial-up modem. Nobody replied.
As a Times journalist, I’m committed to upholding the standards of integrity outlined in our Ethical Journalism Handbook. I do not accept gifts, money or favors from anyone who might figure into my reporting or editing. When I am working, I identify myself as a journalist at The Times.
I hate errors. I want my work to be accurate and fair. Since I often use data from outside sources, I work hard to make sure those sources are trustworthy and that we catch errors and glitches in that information before it is used in The Times. When a mistake does happen, I help craft a correction to add to the story or graphic.
I work to be transparent with our readers about the sources of our information and data. With forecasts, I try to make sure our writing and visuals are clear about what experts and computer models predict will take place — and how confident they are in those predictions — while recognizing the possibility that things might not happen as expected.
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View the location of the quake’s epicenter and shake area.
By William B. Davis, Madison Dong, Judson Jones, Bea Malsky and John Keefe
See the likely path and wind arrival times for Bud.
By Matthew Bloch, William B. Davis, Madison Dong, Judson Jones, John Keefe and Bea Malsky
Typhoon Gaemi made landfall on the island with Category 3 winds Wednesday night after killing at least six people in the region.
By Amy Chang Chien
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By Matthew Bloch, William B. Davis, Madison Dong, John Keefe and Bea Malsky
Every Democratic governor and a majority of Democrats in Congress supported Ms. Harris’s candidacy in the days after President Biden withdrew from the presidential race.
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The hot spell will continue until Thursday, officials predict, and the city and surrounding areas were placed under a heat advisory.
By Lola Fadulu
Beryl, which weakened to a tropical storm, is expected to intensify again and could make landfall on the Texas coast as a Category 1 hurricane as soon as Monday morning, forecasters say.
By Edgar Sandoval, Miranda Rodriguez and Maria Jimenez Moya
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By William B. Davis, Madison Dong, Judson Jones, John Keefe and Bea Malsky
The tropical cyclone, the third named storm in the Atlantic season, formed quickly on Sunday and dissipated by Monday morning.
By John Keefe
See the likely path, rainfall and wind arrival times for Beryl.
By William B. Davis, Madison Dong, John Keefe, Judson Jones and Bea Malsky
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By William B. Davis, Madison Dong, Judson Jones, John Keefe and Bea Malsky
As the heat wave moved east, the Northeast felt the brunt of the conditions. But forecasters provided a glimmer of relief, saying “conditions should improve over New England” this weekend.
By Christina Morales
See the likely path and wind arrival times for Alberto.
By William B. Davis, Madison Dong, Judson Jones, John Keefe and Bea Malsky
The first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season could dump more than a foot of rain on parts of Texas and Mexico.
By Judson Jones and Emiliano Rodríguez Mega
The excessive heat was being felt in the Midwest on Monday as the heat index, a measure of how the temperature feels with humidity, hit 102 degrees in Cincinnati.
By Johnny Diaz
After mediocre weather during the event’s first two nights in May, New Yorkers get another opportunity to celebrate longer days, warmer weather and epic summer sunsets.
By Katrina Miller
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By William B. Davis, Madison Dong, Judson Jones and John Keefe
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By William B. Davis, Madison Dong, Judson Jones, John Keefe and Bea Malsky
So far, seismologists have not identified any distinguishing characteristics of a given quake that would warn of an impending larger one.
By Kenneth Chang
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By William B. Davis, Madison Dong, Judson Jones, John Keefe, Bea Malsky and Lazaro Gamio
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By William B. Davis, Madison Dong, Judson Jones, John Keefe and Bea Malsky
A powerful storm system struck sections of Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas before moving east, forecasters said.
By Orlando Mayorquín
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By William B. Davis, Madison Dong, Judson Jones, John Keefe and Bea Malsky
White House officials said the incident was under investigation, but it did not appear to be a cyberattack. Verizon and T-Mobile said their networks were operating normally.
By Jenny Gross and David McCabe
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By William B. Davis, Madison Dong, Judson Jones, John Keefe and Bea Malsky
View the location of the quake’s epicenter and shake area.
By William B. Davis, Madison Dong, Judson Jones, John Keefe and Bea Malsky
Officials warned of slippery commutes, with snow likely from the Midwest to the Northeast on Friday. Frigid temperatures will surge east through Saturday, but warmer weather is on the way.
By Judson Jones, Michael Levenson and Isabella Kwai
“Dangerously cold” wind chills were forecast for the Great Plains and Midwest, with record lows reaching into the Gulf Coast.
By John Keefe
Forecasters warned of low visibility and dangerous driving conditions during the heaviest snowfall, which could reach one to two inches per hour.
By Emily Schmall and Amanda Holpuch
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By William B. Davis, Madison Dong, Judson Jones, John Keefe and Bea Malsky
View the location of the quake’s epicenter and shake area.
By William B. Davis, Madison Dong, Judson Jones, John Keefe and Bea Malsky
Jogging in a T-shirt in Minnesota in December? A scientist called the rare string of balmy days “a visceral feeling of what climate change looks and feels like.”
By Ernesto Londoño and Michael Levenson
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By William B. Davis, Madison Dong, Judson Jones, John Keefe and Bea Malsky
The authorities in Japan and the Philippines lifted tsunami warnings in coastal regions after ordering evacuations. Power failures near the epicenter were reported.
By Andrés R. Martínez
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By William B. Davis, Madison Dong, John Keefe, Judson Jones and Bea Malsky
Breezes in New York City on Thursday are not expected to be strong enough to ground the Macy’s parade balloons, according to forecasts.
By John Keefe, Judson Jones and Hurubie Meko
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By William B. Davis, Madison Dong, Judson Jones, John Keefe and Bea Malsky
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By William B. Davis, Madison Dong, Judson Jones, John Keefe and Bea Malsky
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By William B. Davis, Madison Dong, Judson Jones, John Keefe, Zach Levitt and Bea Malsky
See the likely path and wind arrival times for Tammy.
By Madison Dong, Judson Jones, John Keefe, Bea Malsky and William B. Davis
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By William B. Davis, Madison Dong, John Keefe, Judson Jones and Bea Malsky
But outside the path, clouds over much of the U.S. will likely block views of the partial eclipse
By John Keefe
The moon will slip in front of the sun, leaving a fiery orange rim in the sky that will be visible for just a few minutes.
By Katrina Miller, Edgar Sandoval and Zolan Kanno-Youngs
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By William B. Davis, Madison Dong, John Keefe, Judson Jones and Bea Malsky
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Formerly a hurricane, the storm posed no immediate threat to land. It was generating swells in the Azores, a Portuguese archipelago.
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See the path and estimated wind arrival times for Idalia.
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The main utility serving Hawaii did not pre-emptively shut off power before high winds reached Maui, and power lines fell in the windstorm.
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Temperatures will be up to 20 degrees above normal for much of the region through at least the weekend, with no nighttime relief.
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Excessive heat could last in some parts of the region through the Fourth of July.
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We’re monitoring the possibility of extreme weather in places that are important to you.
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